REEF Synonyms: 78 Similar and Opposite Words

reef

noun

Definition of reef

as in danger

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Recent Examples of reef Here, a very dear, longtime local friend officiated the service with just a few attendees which included a blacktip reef shark and a colony of marine iguanas. — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 30 Sep. 2026 Ecologist Muhammad Azmi Abdul Wahab is at the forefront of a sea change in coral-reef restoration. — Olivia B. Waxman, Time, 30 Sep. 2026 The most common species in the Bahamas are the Caribbean reef sharks, which can weigh around 155 pounds and reach around nine feet in length, per the outlet. — Ingrid Vasquez, PEOPLE, 16 Sep. 2026 About 70% of Florida’s reef is crumbling without enough living coral to rebuild what’s lost to erosion. — Nicolás Rivero, Miami Herald, 5 Sep. 2026 See All Example Sentences for reef

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The primary danger of these apps is not the fees associated with using just one, Feltner noted.

— Sasha Rogelberg, Fortune, 18 Oct. 2026
Schools already rehearse fire drills and lockdown drills for dangers that are statistically rare.

— Meng Yang, Time, 18 Oct. 2026

Definition of danger

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Commonly associated with environmental risk factors such as smoking or exposure to hazards like radon, the rare but aggressively fast-growing condition gets its name from the unusually tiny appearance of its cells.

— New Atlas, New Atlas, 15 Oct. 2026
And so, of course, there’s always these big hazards in drawing parallels between human, humans and microbes, especially because the language is interpreted in so many different ways by different people.

— Quanta Magazine, Quanta Magazine, 15 Oct. 2026

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Yes, there is the expedition and the sort of peril and problems that come with that.

— Alex Ritman, Variety, 15 Oct. 2026
Ignoring the Work Triangle Ignore the wisdom of the kitchen work triangle—in which the sink, cooktop, and refrigerator are arranged to make meal prep and cooking more efficient—at your peril.

— Kristin Hohenadel, The Spruce, 14 Oct. 2026

Definition of peril

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Referred to as financial toxicity, a diagnosis can result in harmful economic burden, stress and debt due to high out-of-pocket medical costs stemming from diagnostic tests, treatments, prescription drugs and hospital stays.

— Chicago Tribune, Chicago Tribune, 18 Oct. 2026
But according to a new study, Connecticut is among the states with the highest leaf burden for homeowners, leaving residents to figure out what to do with all those leaves.

— Stephen Underwood, Hartford Courant, 18 Oct. 2026

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